Text 1: Historian Park argues that the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was the most consequential of the Atlantic revolutions. Enslaved people overthrew their owners, defeated French, Spanish, and British forces, and established the first independent Black republic — an outcome neither the American nor French Revolutions matched in radical reach.
Text 2: Historian Singh accepts the Haitian Revolution's radical achievement but argues that consequence cannot be measured by reach alone. The American Revolution shaped the global model of constitutional republics; the French Revolution exported the rights of man across Europe. The Haitian Revolution, Singh notes, was deliberately isolated and starved of resources, its influence suppressed for generations.
The authors most clearly disagree about
- Acheck_circle
the criterion by which consequential should be measured among Atlantic revolutions.
- B
whether enslaved people fought for freedom.
- C
whether the Haitian Revolution occurred.
- D
whether the Haitian Revolution achieved the abolition of slavery in Haiti.
Explanation
Both accept the Haitian Revolution's radical reach. They differ on how to measure consequence. B captures the framing dispute.